‘Officer Roxy’, South Jersey Drug Sniffing Expert K9 Cop Dies

Officer Roxy, a veteran K9 officer in narcotics for the Salem County Sheriff's office and the Salem County Corrections Department died Wednesday. Roxy had been a narcotic detection dog and beloved police demonstration dog since 2010.

A Facebook post from the Salem County Sheriff's office chronicles Roxy's long career working for Salem County law enforcement, after not being successful as a seeing eye dog. Roxy is credited with helping in over 500 narcotic investigations, which resulted in a substantial number of criminal arrests and confiscated drugs.

According to Salem County Sheriff Chuck Miller, preliminary indications are that Roxy died of natural causes.